Placket-closer.



PATENTED 7, 1908.

J L BRASSINGTON PLAGKBT CLOSER. AIIPLIO'ATION FILED JULY 25. 1907.

1 bmus PETERS C0.,'WA5HINGTO n c JONATHAN L. BRASSINGTON, OF MOUNT CARMEL, PENNSYLVANIA.

PLACKET-CLOSER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 7, 1908.

Application filed July 25, 1907. Serial No. 385,566.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JONATHAN L. BRASS- INGTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mount Carmel, in the county of Northimprovements in placket closers and the object of the invention is to produce a simple and eflicient device of this nature, comprismg various details of construction and combination and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which v Figure 1 is a erspective view showing a portion of a plac et open and illustrating the fastening means therefor. Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view on line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detailed view of one of the plates adapted to be attached to a waist and designed to receive studs upon a strip carried by the skirt.

. Fig. 4 is a detailed view of a modification of the late, and Fig. 5 is a modification of the stud carrying plate which is fastened to the skirt band. Fig. 6 is a detailed view of a modification. Fig. 7 is a detailed view of a slight modification of the invention.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A and A designate the two meeting edges of a placket, one of which edges has a strip preferably of metal,

' designated by letter B, inserted in one ed e thereof and covered by means of a suitab e braid or other fabric C. Said metallic strip has elongated slots D formed therein, each slot having an enlarged end to receive the head of a stud upon a stri carried by the other meetin edge of a plac et. Secured to the outside 0" the tape or covering C are the lates E having apertures therein which colncide with the apertures D referred to. Said plates E are fastened to the strip B by rivets F or other suitable fastening means. K designates asecond strip which is fastened to the other edge of the placket and is provided with a series of studs N projecting through the fabric covering for said strip, which covering is preferably a continuation of the tape C. Each of said studs is provided with a head N, which are adapted 'to be passed through the registering apertures in the plates B and E, after which a slight longitudinal movement is imparted to the strip carrying the studs in order to bring the headed portions thereof below the enlarged ends of the slots D to securely hold the parts together.

Fastened to the waist are the loops 0 which are adapted to support the plates J, Q and R, each of which plates is provided with slots to receive the loops or a fastening strap of any kind, and said plate J is provided with an elongated slot J, the upper portion of which is enlarged as seen at J 2 to receive the head of a stud P projecting from the strip P which is fastened referably to the waist band of the skirt. aid stud P has a head of larger diameter than the shank thereof and, in adjusting the parts together, is adapted to plassJthrough the enlarged portion J of the s ot L designates a resilient wire, the ends of which are fastened to the plate J and said wire is bent to form a 100 as shown, which extends about the margina edge of the opening J and portions of the loop form a throat J 3 through which the shank of the stud P is adapted to ass, the strands of the wire yielding to a ow the shank to pass into the loop and thus spring back and serving as a precaution in holding the stud in said loop.

In Fig. 6 of the drawings, I have shown the bar P as fastened to the end of the skirt and provided with an eye P fixed at one end thereof, said bar being provided with the usual stud P, said Fig. 6 also illustrating the strip K which is fastened to the edge of the placket and which is provided with the studs N, each having a head N.

In Fig. 4 of the drawings, I have shown a modification of one of the plates, in which the slot I has a lateral projection I terminating in an enlarged portion I for the reception of the head of a stud which, after being inserted. in the lateral projection I, may be passed down in the upright portion of the slot I for the purpose of securely holding the stud to the plate. T designates a plate designed to be fastened. by one of said loops to the waist band and T is a hook fastened to the skirt band and adapted to engage a slot T in said plate T.

In Fig. 5 of the drawings, I have shown a slight modification of the stud carrying plate described and in which the plate or strip is shown as circular outline and adapted to be fastened in any suitable manner to the skirt band and provided with the usual headed studs P adapted to pass into the slotted plates.

By the provision of the device shown and described, it will be noted that an eflicient means is afforded for securely holding the meeting edges of the placket together and the skirt and waist together and so arranged that the parts may be easily connected and disconnected.

What I claim to be new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A placket closer comprising, in combination with a skirt, a slotted strip fastened to one of the meeting edges of the placket, a covering for said strip, a strip fastened to the other edge of the placket and headed studs projecting therefrom designed to engage said slots, a waist, a loop fixed thereto, a plate having a slot therein, a bar fixed to the skirt band, a lug projecting from said bar and adapted to engage a slot of said plate upon the waist, as set forth.

2. A placket closer comprising, in combination with a skirt, a slotted strip fastened to one of the meeting edges of the placket,- a

covering for said strip, a strip fastened to the other edge of the placket and headed studs projecting'therefrom designed to engage said slots, a waist, a loop fixed to said waist, a plate supported by said loop and provided with a slot, a bar fastened to the waist band of the skirt, a lug projecting from said bar and adapted to pass through the slot in said loop supported plate, and means carried by the plate for holding the stud in the slot therein, as set forth.

3. A placket closer comprising, in combination w ith a skirt, a slotted strip fastened to one of the meeting edges of the placket, a covering for said strip, a strip fastened to the other edge of the placket and headed studs projecting therefrom designed to engage said slots, a waist, a loop fixed to said waist, a plate supported by said loop and provided with a slot, a bar fastened to the waist band of the skirt, a lug projecting from said bar and adapted to pass through the slot in said loop supported plate, a resilient wire bent to form a loop and fastened to said loop supported plate, strands of said wire forming a throat through which the shank of the stud upon said bar is adapted to be passed, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JONATHAN L. BRASSINGTON.

WVitnesses:

A. L. SNYDER, F. E. TIER. 

